The shepherdess of the Alps : a very interesting, pathetic and moral tale

by: Marmontel, Jean-François,1723-1799; Kendrew, James

Publication date: [180-?]

Topics: Mountain life -- Fiction., Women shepherds -- Fiction., Shepherds -- Fiction., Chapbooks -- Specimens., Chapbooks -- England -- York -- 19th century, McGill University Library Digitized Title, McGill Library's Chapbook Collection, Mountain life, Women shepherds, Shepherds, Chapbooks

Publisher: York : J. Kendrew, printer, Collier-Gate

Collection: mcgilluniversitychapbook; mcgilluniversity; toronto

Contributor: McGill University Library

Language: English

24 p. : ill. ; 17 cm. (12mo)

Cover title

Anonymous; a translation of "La bergère des Alpes," one of the "Contes moraux" of Marmontel

"Published by request."

Osborne Coll. (p. 481) dates James Kendrew's years of activity 1803-1841; ESTC gives date as [1795?]

Cover included in pagination

First sentence: "In that part of the Alps, amidst the high mountains of Savoy, very near the road that leads from Briancon to Modena, is a lonely valley ..."

Includes two woodcuts: title vignette (depicting a woman and a man holding hands, seated on a bench against a wall, a tree overhead) and tailpiece at end (2 small figures holding hands, a house in the left background)

ESTC

Addeddate: 2014-02-13 21:50:44

Callnumber: RBD CHILD PN970 K4 S45 1800z Rare Books/Special Collections - Children's Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor)

Identifier: McGillLibrary-PN970_K4_S45_1800z-1636

Identifier-ark: ark:/13960/t02z3sm18

Note: Cover title.
Anonymous; a translation of "La bergère des Alpes," one of the "Contes moraux" of Marmontel.
"Published by request."
Osborne Coll. (p. 481) dates James Kendrew's years of activity 1803-1841; ESTC gives date as [1795?].
Cover included in pagination.
First sentence: "In that part of the Alps, amidst the high mountains of Savoy, very near the road that leads from Briancon to Modena, is a lonely valley ..."
Includes two woodcuts: title vignette (depicting a woman and a man holding hands, seated on a bench against a wall, a tree overhead) and tailpiece at end (2 small figures holding hands, a house in the left background).
ESTC N46342